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** [[BET Home Entertainment]]
** [[BET Home Entertainment]]
** [[CBS Home Entertainment]] (also includes CBS Video)
** [[CBS Home Entertainment]] (also includes CBS Video)
*** [[King World Direct]]
** [[CIC Video]] (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution outside North America)
** [[CIC Video]] (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution outside North America)
** [[Comedy Central Home Entertainment]]
** [[Comedy Central Home Entertainment]]
** [[MTV Home Entertainment]] (also includes MTV Home Video)
** [[MTV Home Entertainment]] (also includes MTV Home Video)
** [[Nickelodeon Home Entertainment]] (also includes Nickelodeon Video and Nick Jr. Video)
** [[Nickelodeon Home Entertainment]]
** [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (also includes NTA Home Entertainment, Inspiration Video and Spotlite Video)
** [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (also includes NTA Home Entertainment, Inspiration Video and Spotlite Video)
*** [[Worldvision Home Video]]
*** [[Worldvision Home Video]]
** [[Showtime Entertainment]]
** [[Showtime Entertainment]]
** [[List of Paramount Home Media Distribution demo tapes]]
** [[List of Paramount Home Entertainment demo tapes]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Media Distribution releases|Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Entertainment releases]]


'''Sony'''
'''Sony'''
* [[Columbia House]]
* [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] (also includes SVS/Triumph Home Video, as well as pre-1995 New Line Home Video releases)
* [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] (also includes SVS/Triumph Home Video, as well as pre-1995 New Line Home Video releases)
** [[List of Columbia Classics video releases]]
** [[List of Columbia Classics video releases]]
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* [[Comprehensive catalog of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases]]
* [[Comprehensive catalog of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of pre-1984 RCA/Columbia releases]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of pre-1984 RCA/Columbia releases]]
* [[Columbia House]] (also includes re-tv video library)
* [[Sony Music Entertainment]] (also includes Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Wonder, as well as pre-1996 Nickelodeon Home Video releases)
* [[Sony Music Entertainment]] (also includes Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Wonder, as well as pre-1996 Nickelodeon Home Video releases)
** [[Bertelsmann Music Group]] (includes BMG Video, BMG Special Products, BMG Kidz, Rincon Children's Entertainment and Zoom Express, as well as pre-Q3 1993 DiC Toon-Time Video releases)
** [[Bertelsmann Music Group]] (includes BMG Video, BMG Special Products, BMG Kidz, Rincon Children's Entertainment and Zoom Express, as well as pre-Q3 1993 DiC Toon-Time Video releases)
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** [[Lorimar Home Video]] (also includes Karl Video Corporation, Karl-Lorimar Home Video, Kideo Video, and Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video)
** [[Lorimar Home Video]] (also includes Karl Video Corporation, Karl-Lorimar Home Video, Kideo Video, and Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video)
*** [[Allied Artists Video]]
*** [[Allied Artists Video]]
** [[Turner Home Entertainment]] (also includes RKO Home Video, CNN Video, and 1994-2004 PBS Home Video releases, as well as pre-1997 Cartoon Network Video releases)
** [[Turner Home Entertainment]] (also includes RKO Home Video, CNN Video, and 1994-2004 PBS Home Video releases)
*** [[Cartoon Network Video]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video letter-four digit releases]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video letter-four digit releases]]
*** [[Hanna-Barbera Home Video]]
*** [[Hanna-Barbera Home Video]]
*** [[RKO library before Turner]]
*** [[RKO library before Turner]]
** [[Cartoon Network Video]]
** [[Turner Classic Movies]]
** [[Turner Classic Movies]]
** [[New Line Home Entertainment]]
** [[New Line Home Entertainment]]
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*** [[Koch Entertainment]] (United States)
*** [[Koch Entertainment]] (United States)
**** [[Koch Lorber Films]]
**** [[Koch Lorber Films]]
** [[Trimark Home Video]] (also includes Vidmark Entertainment and Kidmark Entertainment)
** [[Trimark Home Video]] (also includes Vidmark Entertainment and Kidmark, Inc.)


'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon'''
'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon'''
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===Brazil===
===Brazil===
* [[America Video]]
* [[America Video]]
* [[Atlantis Home Video]]
* [[Look Filmes]]
* [[Look Filmes]]
* [[LK-Tel Video]]
* [[LK-Tel Video]]
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* [[Cineglobe]]
* [[Cineglobe]]
* [[Cinéma Plus]]
* [[Cinéma Plus]]
* [[Elevation Pictures]]
* [[K5 International]]
* [[K5 International]]
* [[Motion International]]
* [[Motion International]]
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* [[Panorama Entertainment]]
* [[Panorama Entertainment]]
* [[Universe]]
* [[Universe]]

=== India ===
* [[Bombino Video]]
* [[Eagle Video India]]
* [[Eros Video]]
* [[Esquire Video]]
* [[Famous Video]]
* [[Home Video India]]
* [[Magnum Video India]]
* [[Orson Video]]
* [[T-Series VCD]]
* [[Yash Raj Films Home Entertainment]]


=== Indonesia ===
=== Indonesia ===
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* [[Deltavideo]]
* [[Deltavideo]]
* [[Domovideo]]
* [[Domovideo]]
* [[Gruppo Ricordi Video]] (also includes De Laurentiis Ricordi Video)
* [[Mastervideo]]
* [[Univideo]]
* [[Univideo]]


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===Japan===
===Japan===
* [[Asmik Ace Entertainment]]
* [[Columbia Music Video]]
* [[Columbia Music Video]]
* [[Daiei Video]]
* [[Daiei Video]]
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* [[Funai]]
* [[Funai]]
* [[Bandai]]
* [[Bandai]]
* [[Herald Videogram]]
* [[Nikkatsu]]
* [[Nikkatsu]]
* [[Pack-in-Video]]
* [[Pack-in-Video]]
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===Mexico===
===Mexico===
* [[Million Dollar Video Corporation]]
* [[Tycoon Home Video]]
* [[Videomax]]
* [[Videomax]]
* [[Videovisa S.A.]]
* [[Videovisa S.A.]]
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===Poland===
===Poland===
* [[Curtis Art Productions]] (includes Hanna-Barbera Poland)
* [[Demel International Corporation]]
* [[Demel International Corporation]]
* [[Imperial Entertainment Poland]]
* [[Imperial Entertainment Poland]]
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* [[VCM]]
* [[VCM]]
* [[Walthers Video]]
* [[Walthers Video]]

===Singapore===
* [[HVN Entertainment]]
* [[InnoForm Media]]
* [[Poh Kim Video]]
* [[VideoVan Entertainment Industries Pte Ltd]]


===Spain===
===Spain===
* [[Atlantic Home Video]]
* [[Filmax]]
* [[Filmax]]
** [[Groupo Ivex]]
** [[Groupo Ivex]]
* [[Lauren Films]] (also includes Lauren Video Hogar)
* [[Lauren Films]] (also includes Lauren Video Hogar)
* [[Manga Films]]
* [[Manga Films]]
* [[Panorama Pictures]]


===Sweden===
===Sweden===
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* [[Heron Home Entertainment]] (also includes Videoform Pictures)
* [[Heron Home Entertainment]] (also includes Videoform Pictures)
* [[High Fliers Video Distribution]]
* [[High Fliers Video Distribution]]
* [[IMC Video Limited]]
* [[ITC Home Video]]
* [[ITC Home Video]]
* [[ITV Studios Home Entertainment]] (also includes Longman Video, Pickwick Video, Carlton Video and Granada Ventures)
* [[ITV Studios Home Entertainment]] (also includes Longman Video, Pickwick Video, Carlton Video and Granada Ventures)
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** [[Manga Entertainment, Ltd.]]
** [[Manga Entertainment, Ltd.]]
* [[Geneon Entertainment USA]]
* [[Geneon Entertainment USA]]
* [[Kidmark, Inc.]]
* [[Kodocha Anime]] (a prominent fansubbing group in the late '90s)
* [[Kodocha Anime]] (a prominent fansubbing group in the late '90s)
* [[Manga Entertainment, Inc.]] (only includes post-PolyGram content)
* [[Manga Entertainment, Inc.]] (only includes post-PolyGram content)
** [[L.A. Hero]] (also includes U.S. Renditions and Dark Image Entertainment)
** [[L.A. Hero]] (also includes U.S. Renditions, Dark Image Entertainment, and Ultra Action Video)
* [[Media Blasters]]
* [[Media Blasters]]
* [[Section23 Films]]
* [[Sentai Filmworks]]
* [[Sentai Filmworks]]
* [[Streamline Pictures]]
* [[Streamline Pictures]]
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** [[First Look Home Entertainment]]
** [[First Look Home Entertainment]]
*** [[DEJ Productions]] (also includes Third Row Center Films, Square Dog Pictures, Two Left Shoes Films, Walking Man Films, Ambosia Productions, Story Garden Productions and City Heat Productions)
*** [[DEJ Productions]] (also includes Third Row Center Films, Square Dog Pictures, Two Left Shoes Films, Walking Man Films, Ambosia Productions, Story Garden Productions and City Heat Productions)
* [[Alliance Entertainment Corporation]]
* [[Alliance Entertainment]]
** [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] (also includes TreeLine Films)
** [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] (also includes TreeLine Films)
** [[NCircle Entertainment]]
** [[NCircle Entertainment]]
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* [[Best Film and Video Corporation]]
* [[Best Film and Video Corporation]]
* [[Brain Damage Films]]
* [[Brain Damage Films]]
* [[Bridgestone Group]]
* [[Bridgestone Group]] (also includes Deskpop Entertainment)
* [[Brimstone Entertainment]]
* [[Brimstone Entertainment]]
* [[Broad Green Pictures]]
* [[Broad Green Pictures]]
* [[Broadman & Holman Publishers]]
* [[Broadway Theatre Archive]]
* [[Broadway Theatre Archive]]
* [[Budget Video]] (includes Hollywood Home Theatre)
* [[Budget Video]] (includes Hollywood Home Theatre)
* [[Burning Moon Home Video]]
* [[Burning Moon Home Video]]
* [[BWE Video]]
* [[BWE Video]]
* [[Capstone Entertainment]]
* [[Cascom Home Video]]
* [[Cascom Home Video]]
* [[Children's Video of America]]
* [[Children's Video of America]]
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* [[Cinedigm]]
* [[Cinedigm]]
** [[New Video Group]]
** [[New Video Group]]
* [[Cinema Home Video]]
* [[City Lights Home Entertainment]]
* [[City Lights Home Entertainment]]
* [[City Lights Home Video]]
* [[City Lights Home Video]]
* [[Classic Family Entertainment]]
* [[Classic Family Entertainment]]
* [[Columbia River Entertainment Group]]
* [[Command Home Video]]
* [[Command Home Video]]
* [[Concord Video]]
* [[Concord Video]]
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* [[Coronet/MTI Film and Video]]
* [[Coronet/MTI Film and Video]]
* [[Crash Cinema]]
* [[Crash Cinema]]
* [[CreateSpace]]
* [[Creative Communication Center]]
* [[Creative Communication Center]]
* [[The Criterion Collection]]
* [[The Criterion Collection]]
* [[Crocus Entertainment]]
* [[Crocus Entertainment]]
* [[DawnSignPress]]
* [[DawnSignPress]]
* [[Deaf Crocodile Films]]
* [[Decal Releasing]]
* [[Decal Releasing]]
* [[DG Distributors]]
* [[DG Distributors]]
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* [[Fotomat Video]]
* [[Fotomat Video]]
* [[Frame Work Entertainment Group, LLC]]
* [[Frame Work Entertainment Group, LLC]]
* [[Fred Levine Productions]]
* [[Fries Home Video]]
* [[Fries Home Video]]
* [[Front Row Entertainment]]
* [[Front Row Entertainment]]
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* [[Independent United Distributors]]
* [[Independent United Distributors]]
* [[In-Fisherman Video]]
* [[In-Fisherman Video]]
* [[Inspired Corporation]]
** [[PPI Entertainment Group]] (also includes Parade Video, Peter Pan Video and Ambassador Video)
* [[Integrity Music]]
* [[Integrity Music]]
* [[International Video Network]]
* [[International Video Network]]
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* [[Marathon Music & Video]]
* [[Marathon Music & Video]]
* [[Mark IV Pictures]]
* [[Mark IV Pictures]]
* [[Mark V International]]
* [[Master Communications]]
* [[MasterVision]]
* [[MasterVision]]
* [[Maverick Entertainment]]
* [[Maverick Entertainment]]
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** [[Image Entertainment]]
** [[Image Entertainment]]
*** [[Public Media Incorporated]] (includes Home Vision Entertainment, Films Incorporated and Public Media Video)
*** [[Public Media Incorporated]] (includes Home Vision Entertainment, Films Incorporated and Public Media Video)
* [[The Roan Group]]
* [[Royal Sound Video Productions]]
* [[Royal Sound Video Productions]]
* [[Saturn Productions]]
* [[Saturn Productions]]
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* [[Tapeworm Video Distributors]]
* [[Tapeworm Video Distributors]]
* [[Teaching Tolerance]]
* [[Teaching Tolerance]]
* [[Televidics Productions]]
* [[Thrivent Financial for Lutherans]]
* [[Thrivent Financial for Lutherans]]
** [[Aid Association for Lutherans]]
** [[Aid Association for Lutherans]]
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* [[Vintage Home Entertainment]]
* [[Vintage Home Entertainment]]
* [[View Video]]
* [[View Video]]
* [[Voltage Video]]
* [[View-Master Video]]
* [[Warner Music Group]] (also includes Warner Music Video, Elektra Entertainment, Atlantic Video, Warner Reprise Video, WarnerVision Entertainment, pre-1992 Virgin Records America content, A*Vision Entertainment, NightVision, BodyVision, and KidVision)
* [[Warner Music Group]] (also includes Warner Music Video, Elektra Entertainment, Atlantic Video, Warner Reprise Video, WarnerVision Entertainment, pre-1992 Virgin Records America content, A*Vision Entertainment, NightVision, BodyVision, and KidVision)
** [[Rhino Home Video]] (also includes ACME Video and pre-1999 Comedy Central Video content)
** [[Rhino Home Video]] (also includes ACME Video and pre-1999 Comedy Central Video content)

Latest revision as of 04:00, 5 July 2024

This list covers distributors in the home video industry.

Major studios (The Big Five)[edit]

NBCUniversal/Comcast

The Walt Disney Company

Paramount Global

Sony

Warner Bros. Discovery

Minor studios[edit]

Hasbro

Lionsgate Entertainment

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon

Foreign companies[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Australia[edit]

Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands)[edit]

Brazil[edit]

Bulgaria[edit]

Canada[edit]

Chile[edit]

Colombia[edit]

France[edit]

Germany[edit]

Greece[edit]

Hong Kong[edit]

India[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

Italy[edit]

Israel[edit]

Japan[edit]

Kuwait[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Norway[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Poland[edit]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)[edit]

Singapore[edit]

Spain[edit]

Sweden[edit]

UK[edit]

Pre-cert companies[edit]

Venezuela[edit]

Vietnam[edit]

Anime companies[edit]

U.S. Spanish-language companies[edit]

Porno companies[edit]

Other companies[edit]